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Chapter 1 Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics Chapter 1 Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics 1.1 Classical vectors vs quantum operators 1.1.1 Relevant definitions and notation In classical physics, the angular momentum L of a particle is given by the cross product of its position vector r and momentum vector p: L = r p. (1.1) ⇥ In quantum physics, we can construct an analogous operator by defining the ”vector” oper- ators rˆ and pˆ as follows: rˆ =ˆx e +ˆx e +ˆx e 1 1 2 2 3 3 (1.2) pˆ =ˆp1e1 +ˆp2e2 +ˆp3e3 where i =1, 2, 3correspondtox, y, z,resp.,andtheei are ortho-normal unit vectors in the 3-dimensional vector space. The ”hat” (ˆ) symbols signify that these are operators, and the bold type signifies that it is a construction of operators with unit vectors, which we will refer to as vector operators. This notation allows us to perform the classical vector operations, such as dot- and cross-products. In particular, by maintaining the classical equation for the angular momentum vector, we are able to write the Lˆi component of the angular momentum operator given in Eq. 1.1 in the following way: Lˆ =ˆx pˆ xˆ pˆ 1 2 3 − 3 2 Lˆ =ˆx pˆ xˆ pˆ (1.3) 2 3 1 − 1 3 Lˆ =ˆx pˆ xˆ pˆ 3 1 2 − 2 1 and the orbital angular momentum vector operator is Lˆ = Lˆ1e1 + Lˆ2e2 + Lˆ3e3. Eq. 1.3 can be more compactly written as: Lˆi = "ijkxˆjpˆk (1.4) 5 6 CHAPTER 1. ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN QUANTUM MECHANICS where "ijk is the three-dimensional Levi-Civita symbol, and we employ the Einstein summa- tion convention, i.e. repeated indices imply a sum over that index. This notation will be used in other parts of these notes. 1.1.2 Quantum vector operations In order to build up a formalism using our quantum vector operators, we need to examine some of their important properties. While the classical position and momentum xi and pi commute, this is not the case in quantum mechanics. The commutation relations between position and momentum operators is given by: [ˆxi, xˆj]=0, [ˆpi, pˆj]=0, [ˆxi, pˆj]=i~δij, (1.5) where δij is the Kronecker delta symbol. It should be noted that the ei unit vectors commute with all operators. To see how the vector operators behave under dot and cross products, we can apply them in the normal way: uˆ vˆ =ˆu vˆ i i (1.6) (uˆ vˆ· ) = " uˆ vˆ ⇥ i ijk j k Unlike with classical vectors, these are operators, and their order can, in general, not be changed. For the case of the dot-product, switching the order of the vector operators results in: uˆ vˆ =[ˆu , vˆ ]+ˆv uˆ i i i i (1.7) · = vˆ uˆ +[ˆu , vˆ ] · i i Contrast this with the classical dot product result, where u v = v u.Itisnowclearthat the classical result holds true for commuting operators, but· not in· the general case where the operators may not commute. Note the special case of uˆ2 = uˆ uˆ, which does obey the classical dot product relationship. · Similarly, the cross product can we written as: (uˆ vˆ) = " ([ˆu , vˆ ]+ˆv uˆ ) ⇥ i ijk j k k j = "ikjvˆkuˆj + "ijk [ˆuj, vˆk] (1.8) = − (vˆ uˆ) + " [ˆu , vˆ ] − ⇥ i ijk j k which, again, contrasts with the classical result u v = v u in the case of non-commuting operators. ⇥ − ⇥ If we look at the special cases rˆ rˆ and pˆ pˆ we see that: ⇥ ⇥ 1 (rˆ rˆ) =(pˆ pˆ) = " δ =0 (1.9) ⇥ i ⇥ i 2 ijk jk where the last equality is obvious due to the contradictory requirements of "ijk and δjk to be non-zero. 1.1. CLASSICAL VECTORS VS QUANTUM OPERATORS 7 In the case where uˆ = rˆ and vˆ = pˆ,Eq.1.7andEq.1.8resultin: rˆ pˆ = pˆ rˆ +3i ~ (1.10) rˆ · pˆ = p·ˆ rˆ ⇥ − ⇥ The cross product between rˆ and pˆ obeys classical rules, however the dot product does not. 1.1.3 Properties of angular momentum A simple analysis can be done to show: (uˆ vˆ)† = vˆ† uˆ† · · (1.11) (uˆ vˆ)† = vˆ† uˆ† ⇥ − ⇥ This property can be used to show that Lˆ is Hermitian (given that rˆ and pˆ are Hermitian): Lˆ† =(rˆ pˆ)† = pˆ rˆ = Lˆ. (1.12) ⇥ − ⇥ It is simple to determine that Lˆ is orthogonal to both rˆ and pˆ,justasitisclassically: rˆ Lˆ =ˆxiLˆi, · = " xˆ xˆ pˆ =0, ijk i j k (1.13) pˆ Lˆ =ˆp Lˆ , · i i = "ijkpˆixˆjpˆk =0. The last step of each equation is true due to the sign change of "ijk under a swap of indices, and the commutation properties of position and momentum operators. To see how angular momentum commutes with position or momentum, we can use Eq. 1.4 to write: [Lˆ , xˆ ]=" xˆ pˆ xˆ " xˆ xˆ pˆ i j ikl k l j − ikl j k l = "ikl xˆk (ˆxjpˆl i~δjl) xˆjxˆkpˆl { − − } (1.14) = i~"ikjxˆk + "ikl (ˆxkxˆjpˆl xˆjxˆkpˆl) − − = i~"ijkxˆk The treatment for momentum is very similar, and in summary we obtain the equations: ˆ [Li, xˆj]=i~"ijkxˆk ˆ (1.15) [Li, pˆj]=i~"ijkpˆk These equations are said to mean that rˆ and pˆ are vectors under rotations. Using Eq. 1.15 it is possible to derive the commutation relations between di↵erent compo- nents of Lˆ: [Lˆi, Lˆj]=Lˆi"jklxˆkpˆl "jklxˆkpˆlLˆi ˆ − ˆ = "jkl(ˆxkLi + i~"ikuxˆu)ˆpl "iklxˆkpˆlLi −ˆ ˆ = i~"jkl"ikuxˆupˆl + "jklxˆk(ˆplLi + i~"ilvpˆv) "iklxˆkpˆlLi − = i~("kjl"kiuxˆupˆl + "lkj"livxˆkpˆv) (1.16) = i~ [(δijδlu δilδju)ˆxupˆl +(δikδjv δijδkv)ˆxkpˆv] − − = i~(δijxˆlpˆl xˆjpˆi +ˆxipˆj δijxˆkpˆk) − − = i~(ˆxipˆj xˆjpˆi) − 8 CHAPTER 1. ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN QUANTUM MECHANICS where in the fourth step we made use of the identity " " = δ δ δ δ . ijk ilm jl km − jm kl We can write the result in Eq. 1.16 explicitly as: ˆ ˆ ˆ [Lx, Ly]=i~Lz, ˆ ˆ ˆ [Ly, Lz]=i~Lx, (1.17) ˆ ˆ ˆ [Lz, Lx]=i~Ly, and which can be compactly written as: ˆ ˆ ˆ [Li, Lj]=i~"ijkLk. (1.18) It is now clear that di↵erent components of the angular momentum do not commute. We can additionally use Eq. 1.18 to straightforwardly show that: [Lˆ , rˆ2]=0, [Lˆ , pˆ2]=0,,[ˆp , rˆ pˆ]=0,,[Lˆ , Lˆ2]=0, (1.19) i i i · i 2 where in particular the last equation (for Lˆ ) is important. Even though Lˆi does not commute with any other component of Lˆ,itdoescommutewithLˆ2. There is a more elegant way to express the algebra of angular momentum. Using Eq. 1.8 and Eq. 1.18 we can write (Lˆ Lˆ)i = (Lˆ Lˆ)i + "ijk[Lˆj, Lˆk] ⇥ −i~ ⇥ ˆ = 2 "jki"jkmLm, i~ ˆ = 2 (δkkδim δkmδik)Lm, (1.20) i~ ˆ −ˆ = 2 (Li δikLk), ˆ − = i~Li, or, in short Lˆ Lˆ = i~Lˆ. (1.21) ⇥ This result gives an intuitive feel for why angular momentum behaves in an inherently quantum way. A non-zero cross product of a vector with itself is contrary to any classical phenomenom. It is also important to note that, since we only used the general mathematical properties of the cross product of quantum vectors, and the commutation relations of angular momentum operators, Eq. 1.18 and Eq. 1.21 are completely equivalent to each other. 1.2 Angular momentum and central potentials We now consider the orbital angular momentum in the context of central potentials (poten- tials that depend only on r = prˆ2), such as the Coulomb potential of an electron in the electric field of an atomic nucleus. The Hamiltonian in this case is given by pˆ2 Hˆ = + V (r),r= prˆ2. (1.22) 2m 1.3. ALGEBRA OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM 9 We can write this Hamiltonian in position space using pˆ = i~ ,orpˆ2 = ~2 2,where 2 is the Laplace operator. In spherical coordinates, this is − r − r r 1 @2 1 1 @ @ 1 @2 pˆ2 = ~2 r + sin ✓ + (1.23) − r @r2 r2 sin ✓ @✓ @✓ sin2 ✓ @2 ✓ ◆ We can write Lˆ2 in spherical coordinates as follows: Lˆ2 = ~2(rˆ ) (rˆ ) ⇥r · ⇥r 2 ˆ 1 @ ˆ @ ˆ 1 @ ˆ @ = ~ ✓ − + φ ✓ − + φ − sin ✓ @ @ · sin ✓ @ @ 2 h ⇣✓ˆ ˆ @2⌘ @✓ˆ @i h ˆ⇣@✓ˆ 1⌘ @ i ✓ˆ @φˆ @ ˆ ˆ @2 @φˆ @ = ~ 2 ✓ 2 + + φ − + − + φ φ 2 − sin ✓ @ @ @ @✓ sin ✓ @ sin ✓ @ @✓ @✓ @✓ @✓ (1.24) 2 h 1 h@2 cos ✓ @ i @2 ⇣ ⌘ ⇣ ⌘i = ~ 2 2 + + 2 − sin ✓ @ sin ✓ @✓ @✓ 2 ⇣ 1 @ @ 1 @2⌘ = ~ sin ✓ + 2 2 − sin ✓ @✓ @✓ sin ✓ @ ⇣ ⌘ Note that the angular momentum has no r-dependence. Using Eq. 1.24 and Eq. 1.23, we can rewrite the Hamiltonian as: ~2 @2 Lˆ2 Hˆ = − r + + V (r)(1.25) 2mr @r2 2mr2 We can now assemble a list of Hermitian operators (observables) we have discussed: 2 2 2 H,ˆ xˆ1, xˆ2, xˆ3, pˆ1, pˆ2, pˆ3, rˆ , pˆ , Lˆ1, Lˆ2, Lˆ3, Lˆ (1.26) where we include all unique Hermitian operators that include up to squared terms of position or momentum. Typically in atomic physics, the spectrum (energy levels) of an atom is of major interest. We therefore want to only consider observables that commute with the Hamiltonian. This 2 excludes thex ˆi operators (don’t commute with pˆ )andˆpi operators (don’t commute with V (r), in general). The same reasoning eliminates rˆ2 and pˆ2. However, from Eq. 1.25 it is 2 clear that the Lˆi operators and Lˆ commute with H.DuetotheLˆi not commuting with each other, we can only use one of them in our set of operators. The convention for this is Lˆz.
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